To say that the British actor and director Mike Leigh have given us their best collaboration to date is too mild a sentiment.

Critics don’t vote for the Academy Awards—but here’s how one critic would fill out his imaginary ballot.

The director's latest misanthropic drama, following such films as "Bleak Moments" and "Naked," is a puckeringly sour delight, ...

It’s amazing watching Mike Leigh’s film 'Hard Truths,' starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, ...

In his new book, “Facing Hard Truths,” 2026 candidate for governor Stephen J. Cloobeck advances a new kind of politics based ...

The smash hit musical "Wicked" saw its Oscar chances rise in nominations to the SAG Awards, one of the most predictive ...

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Without being influenced by the Golden Globe winners, here’s Variety's guess as to where the Oscar race seems to stand.

In partnership with his actors, Leigh excavates and displays the most vulnerable emotions and experiences a person can have, ...

She reteams with her "Secret and Lies" director, Mike Leigh, for this brutally funny drama about a British woman consumed ...

Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman are among the Oscar hopefuls missing from Wednesday's nominations for the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

A.D. began for much of America less with Auld Lang Syne and more with the anxious paranoia of anticipatory dread. When fierce ...